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I was now not only ashamed to be contented in slavery, but ashamed to seem to be contented, and in my present favorable condition, under the mild rule of Mr.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I was now not only ashamed to be contented in slavery, but ashamed to seem to be contented, and in my present favorable…”
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Douglass reveals his growing shame about being content in slavery, even under kind treatment.
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